Speaker
These Speakers have amazed us with their visions and perspectives in 2017:
Bo Ewald
D-Wave Systems Inc.: President
Bo Ewald will discuss the consequences of his company's quantum computer for your products, processes, and business model.
BiographyDr. Martin Hofmann
Volkswagen AG: CIO
Dr. Martin Hofmann will give an exclusive presentation of the results of the world's first commercial quantum computer project in Beijing.
BiographyStephen Brobst
Teradata: CTO
Stephen Brobst is ranked as one of the top four CTOs in the world. At the Future Congress he will speak about data – as a business model, as a product, as the basis for the predictive enterprises of the future.
BiographyAlan Ho
Google Quantum AI Laboratory: Engineer and Entrepreneur
Inspired by the business textbook "Crossing the chasm", Alan Ho from Google will provide its perspective on how this early industry will evolve. Based on Google's own experience building quantum applications, Alan will provide practical advice to industry leaders on the opportunities and pitfalls of commercializing quantum application.
BiographyDr. Randal Koene
Kernel: Chief of Neuroscience & Systems Strategy
The Chief of Neuroscience & Systems Strategy of Kernel will effectively speak of eternal life – i.e., about how you can continue to exist in a virtual world as a brain upload long after your death.
BiographyDr. Will Zeng
Rigetti Quantum Computing: Senior Researcher
Rigetti Quantum Computing has a mission to build the world’s most powerful computer. Senior Researcher Dr. Will Zeng will speak about this ambitious plan as well as the roadmap for the quantum computing age and its consequences for the world.
BiographyJulian Wheatland
Cambridge Analytica: COO & CFO
Julian Wheatland claims to have calculated the psychological profiles of 220 million Americans, using them to help Donald Trump achieve his campaign victory. How will your business model change when you know the psychological fingerprint of every one of your customers?
Martin Roetteler
Microsoft Research: Senior Researcher
Microsoft is betting on an entirely new approach to building quantum computers and expects this to bring an advantage in the race to the top of the quantum market. At the summit, Martin Roetteler will explain his company’s advantage over the competition.
BiographyGabriele Sommer
TÜV SÜD AG: Head of HR
The head of HR for the TÜV SÜD group will speak about cooperation between humans and machines in the future – who will be the boss in this relationship? And what would the right combination between the two look like?
BiographyFrédéric Peyrot
AIR en-japan inc.: COO
Frédéric Peyrot is developing software capable of analyzing conversations on the social network Slack and identifying the emotional state of staff members. At the 2017 Future Congress, he will speak about how his vision will lead to the leadership strategies of the future.
BiographyLauri Oksanen
Nokia Solutions and Networks: Vice President Research and Technology
The cloud expert will speak about how the networks of the future will need to be structured in order to integrate artificial intelligence into the often-neglected area of communication.
BiographyProf. Winfried Hensinger
University of Sussex: Professor of Quantum Technologies
Prof. Winfried Hensinger has developed a blueprint for building quantum computers – a sensational breakthrough in science. At the Quantum Summit, he will speak about his own quantum computer that promises to bring Europe to the top in quantum computer development.
BiographyDr. Lupo Pape
SemanticEdge GmbH: Managing Director, CEO and Co-Founder
“OK Google“ and “Hey Alexa” – Lupo Pape is sure to have spoken these phrases countless times in his life, because his company is an expert in the conception and development of natural voice user interfaces. The Future Congress will reveal how you can achieve 100% reachability in wait-free service … and what business models will emerge as a result.
BiographyEthan Smith
Yummly: Chief Growth Officer
The Chief Growth Officer from the food platform will speak about how artificial intelligence will coach us in the future based on our personal data and unique environment. This will take companies to a new dimension of customer service.
BiographyAnna Kaiser
Tandemploy GmbH: Founder, CEO
Anna Kaiser is the founder and CEO of Tandemploy, where she shares leadership as part of the company’s job-sharing program. Her most recent accomplishment is the abolishment of the rigid 40-hour workweek. At our Future Congress, she will talk about her vision of cooperative leadership in open organizations.
BiographyDirk Reznik
Vorwerk Thermomix: CEO
Dirk Reznik, CEO of Thermomix, will speak about the optimal use of data for the products of tomorrow – and about how these products will be individualized thanks to the optimization of hardware through intelligent software.
BiographyGeorg Gesek
Novarion IT Service GmbH: Founder, CEO
Georg Gesek will demonstrate that quantum computers are not only coming from overseas. The CEO of Novarion speaks aboutin Europes's role in the competition for the commercialization of quantum computers.
BiographyDr. Kate Devlin
Goldsmiths, University of London: Senior Lecturer
Kate Devlin predicts that the machines of the future will develop feelings and even their own consciousness thanks to artificial intelligence.
BiographyMaria Ritola
Iris AI: Co-Founder
Iris is your new research assistant. “She” is an AI in search of a great career. CMO Maria Ritola explains how Iris will shape science and business.
Matan Field
Backfeed: CEO
Matan Field will one day make the use of blockchain technology as normal a part of life as the internet is today.
BiographyMadeline Aufseeser
Tender Armor: Co-Founder, CEO
The founder of Tender Armor is considered one of the greatest innovators in banking. She will speak about her vision for the future of payment and what business models will be made possible by tomorrow's payment data.
BiographyIsmail Chaib
TESOBE: COO
His vision: that tomorrow's banks will no longer merely have a single company app, but many. His resources: secure and open programming interfaces for 30 banks and 5,500 developers across the globe. Tesobe is the nexus where the future of retail banking is being created.
BiographyJonathan Hegranes
Kittyhawk: Co-Founder, CEO
Kittyhawk.io Co-Founder Jon Hegranes connects drones with real-time data (RTD). These predictive drones will revolutionize almost every business model - including Yours? Find out at the Future Conference!
BiographyHossein Rahnama
Flybits, Inc.: Founder and CEO
Hossein Rahnama aims to overcome the chasm between life and death by giving every individual their own personal bot that their loved ones can use to keep in contact with them after they have died.
BiographyPegor Papazian
Bazillion Beings: CEO
Pegor Papazian is creating the first digital beings by launching an army of bots that finance themselves and buy services from other bots, thus becoming customers and employers at the same time.
BiographyDr. Adam Gazzaley
University of California, San Francisco: Professor
The neuroscientist and venture capitalist combines technologies for the optimization of cognitive ability with gamification and electrical stimulation. Learn how you too can upgrade your brain power and what you can do with these newfound abilities.
BiographyIdo Savir
SuperMeat: Co-Founder and CEO
The boss of the meat laboratory SuperMeat will speak about the revolution of meat production.
BiographyMichael Carl
2b AHEAD ThinkTank: Managing Director
Michael Carl, Research Director of the 2b AHEAD ThinkTank, will lead the discussions during the congress and he will confront participants and speakers with the most important questions on transformation.
BiographySven Gábor Jánszky
2b AHEAD ThinkTank: Chairman
The noted futurist is the moderator of the 2b AHEAD Enabling Transformation Congress. With theses drawn from his own work, he will introduce the various aspects of the congress, and will conclude the event by condensing the most exciting revelations from this year's ThinkTank.
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